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Harford County councilors back zoning change to let nonprofit shelters offer limited low-cost spay/neuter and vaccinations
Summary
Councilwoman Robert introduced Bill 25-016 to amend Harford County’s zoning code to allow nonprofit shelters to offer low-cost spay/neuter surgeries and core wellness vaccines to animals owned by residents while limiting services to ensure shelters do not operate as full veterinary clinics.
Councilwoman Robert introduced Bill 25-016 at a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the Harford County zoning code that would expand the legal definition of an "animal shelter" to allow nonprofit shelters to provide low-cost spay and neuter surgeries and wellness vaccinations to animals owned by members of the public rather than only animals surrendered or abandoned.
Robert said the change is narrowly tailored to permit only spay/neuter procedures and core preventive vaccines (for example, rabies and other routine immunizations) and specifically prohibits full veterinary examinations, diagnostics or treatment for…
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